Carton



Nov., 1949.

R. CHEMLINSKI CARTON Filed Feb. 8, 1946 lNvNra/a Raymond Chem/inski ATTORNEY Patentecl Nov. l, 1949 z,4ss,ss4,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE CABTON 'Raymond Chemlinski, Schenectay, N. Y.

Application February 8, 1946, Serial No. 646,284

2 Claims. (Cl. 229-16) The object of my invention is to provide a carton particularly suitable to enclose an ink bottle for individual use. The carton is made in such a manner that it may be set up as a stand for said ink. bottle, and that certain parts of said carton may be set up to form a rack for support of pens and pencils.

A further object is to make the carton simple in design, so that on the whole it does not materially depart from the structure of the conven tional cartons.

I shall now describe my improvement with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: 4

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the carton in its closed position.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carton in its partly set up position, in order that it may serve as an ink stand and a pen rack. s

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my carton as fully set up to serve asan ink stand and a. pen rack.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5' is a sectional view Ion line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is a plan view' of an end closure of the carton. l v

throughout the several views.

plied. Fig. 1 shows the' normal appearance*'ofA the carton as it would look with a bottle enclosed -Simiiar numerals refer to similarI 'partstherein, although the bottle is not shown. As i appearing in this position it includes four up-' right walls, namely, IO which is the back wall, H

and i2 which are side walls, and l3 whichis the front wall. What appears as the bottom of the carton in Fig. 14 includes two flaps 14, extending from side walls Il and 12, respectively, and an intermediately disposed closure 15 including a tongue IG.

closure l8` terminating With a tongue l9.

Now I wish to point out certain features which impart an inventive novelty to the structure of my said carton. It will be noted that one of the side walls l2 is cut along line 20, the line running from a point spaced from the top on the side of said wall I2, to a point at the lower level on the opposite side of the wall, wherefrom the continuation 2I of said line 20 runs parallel to the bottom end of the carton, severing the front wall l3 to a point spaced from side wall H, as shown in Fig. 1. V It will be further noted that fiaps M include partly severed semicircular stays The top, as shown in Fig. 1, is madey up of analogous parts, including flaps I'I and a 22, which may be bent inwardly, leaving semicircular openings 22a.

When it is desired to convert'the carton into an ink stand, the bottle of ink that may be inside is first removed Iby swinging upwardly top closure l8 and fiap l'l, whereupon the carton is laid on a fiat surface such as the top of a table, on what appears in Fig. 1 to be its back wall 10 so that the front wall 13 in said Fig. 1 becomes top wall, as shown in Fig. 3. Flaps 14 are bent outwardly, being disposed perpendicularly, stays 22 are Dushed out towards. each other, whereupon closure 15, which tends to assume a horizontal position, is swung upwardly from its connecting line with bottom IO and past said stays 22. The stays,

projecting outwardly from flaps H, will prevent Y said closure l 5 from returning back to its hori-f zontal position. Tongue IG will project upwardly; As a result, the Jfiaps and the closure [5 with its. tongue IB will-,form arack of the kindshown in Fig. 2, adapted to'support ,pens and pencils. 'A

Ipen 24 is shown in dott'ed lines for.-illustration.' '1

As the next step in onverting the carton into an ink stand. a part of side ,wall l2, namely,.the partshownin 1' asj'beingfabovelinev20;`is' 'Tpu'shed inwardlytowards the' `interio'rfof the care ton tillit come'storet on walllllinFig. 1, which -wallis thebottommmbejriof thefcarton aslit ap- V f j.,pear s; i nel5*ig .g3; i'I'hebQentJin portion of wall, lll.`u

beigfaffixedtoswall 13,' gwill ..caus`e aapart 23jroff i' s'aidiwalh appeai'ing aboveglinefl as shown in, g; i s

Fig.`-1;to assumeanew l-positifon'at; right angle';

to said :bottom as shown'inEig. 2. The remain--V` ing Lf-fshaped vpart'29` of wall I3 will remainjin its original position. End. closure |8 shown best in plan view in Fig. 6, is flded along a creased line 25, causing the rest of said' closure to form an inverted L`-sha`ped formation, 1indicated, by numeral 26l in' Fig. 2,'which isgadapted to fit-in-l wardly between top wall,l3 and the side wall H and the bent in part 23 of said wall I3. The carton with said formation 26 fully inserted in its place is shown in Fig. 3. Lines 21 and 28 are the lines along which closure 18 has to be bent into said formation 26. When said formation 26 is in place between part 23 of wall l3 and side wall H, said carton provides a space open from top for disposal therein of an ink bottle, the body of which will extend laterally under part 29 of top wall l3 as shown in Fig. `3. From the opposite side the bottle may be retained in place by fiap Il, which is folded along line 30 to make a v-shaped wedge 3.1.

Having described my improvement, what I wish to claim is as follows:

l. A rectangular carton of the kind described,

' comprising a back wall, a front wall. two side walls, a closure at each end extending from said back wall. and a flap at each end of each side wall and extending in the plane thereof, one of said end closures being adapted to be swung away from the body portion of the carton to an inclined position, means on the adjoining flaps to look said end-closure in said inclined position, one side of the carton being cut diagonally from a point spaced from the top of the carton to a point s'paced to the bottom of the carton, the cut continuing laterally across a part of the width of the front wall. the part of the side wall above the cut and the part of the front wall directly above the cut and defined by a line running from the end of the cut upwardly. being bent inwardly into the body of the carton, leaving an L-shaped part of the carton in its original position, the end elosure adjoining said inwardly-bent part ofthe sidewall being adapted to be folded and partl'y-inserted into the upstanding part of said portion, while the end ciosure at the opposite end may be swung to a reclining position with respect to the body of the carton and locked in place by interlocking tabs on the adjoining fiaps.

2. A carton cut, bent and formed from a single blank of material to include a back wall, a front wall, and two side walls to form a rectangular body, each end of the carton being provided with a closure extending from the back wall and a flap extending from each side wall and extending in the plane thereof, one side wall being cut diagonally across its width from a point spaced from the top end of the carton to a point spaced from the bottom end of the carton, the cut continuing from said point laterally across a part of the front wall, the part of the side wall above the cut. and the part of the front wall above the cut therein and defined by a line running upwardly from the end ofthe cut, being bent inwardly until the part of said side wall is in parallel, abutting position with the back wall, leaving an L-shaped section of said front wall at its former level, the closure at the end adjoining the upstanding part of the side wall being bent away from the' body of the carton to a slanting position towards said body and being held in place between the adjoining fiaps to form a pen rack.

RAYMOND CHEMLINSKI.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED s'rA'rEs PA'rENTs Number Name Date 1,804,826 Einson May 12, 1931 1,821,960 Brooks, Jr. Sept. 8, 1931 2,205,332 Aste June 18, 1940 

